{"product_id":"9780691274485","title":"Duchamp-isms by Larry Warsh","description":"A collection of provocative quotations from one of the most influential artists of the twentieth centuryDuchamp-isms is a selection of illuminating quotations from Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important figures in the history of modern art. A painter, sculptor, writer, and chess player, Duchamp changed the very definition of art with his \"readymades\"-everyday objects such as a bicycle wheel or bottle rack that he titled, signed, and presented as art. He provoked critics and the public with works such as the Cubist-Futurist painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912) and Fountain (1917), a readymade composed of a men's urinal signed \"R. Mutt.\" Prizing the intellectual over the aesthetic, Duchamp inspired later movements like Minimalism, Conceptualism, and Pop Art. Delightful and witty, Duchamp-isms offers rich insights into the mind of a true icon of modern art.   The quotes in Duchamp-isms, drawn primarily from interviews, have been selected and introduced by Francis Naumann, a leading authority on Duchamp, and organized in eight thematic sections: philosophies of art; painting; Dada and Surrealism; the readymades; chess; literary influences; commercialism in art; and philosophies of life and death. The book also features a brief chronology of Duchamp's life and career.   \"I have always had a horror of being a `professional' painter. The minute you become that, you are lost.\"\"Humor and laughter-not necessarily derogatory derision-are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously-for fear of dying of boredom.\"\"Art can never be adequately defined, because the translation of an aesthetic emotion into a verbal description is as inaccurate as your description of fear when you have been actually scared.\"\"Art never saved the world. It cannot.\"\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368119742837,"sku":"9780691274485","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691274485.jpg?v=1763548675","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780691274485","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}